Helly-

Not to worry. Someone has to be the last poster on a thread and maybe it makes more sense to start a new and exciting one. This one appears to have run its course.

Of course there are lots of traditional sea shanties/chanties about shipping shit, mostly related to shipping guano (sea bird shit) from off-shore islands. Loading and unloading such cargo was said to have been one of the worst jobs in the world for those who needed to breath. Never heard of a ship actually exploding from ignited methane fumes, but if one did there probably wasn't much evidence left.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble